CF-29 What drivers (and OS) do I need for my 3G to work?

Hello.

I recently bought a CF-29. I was promised this had 3G capabilities if I plugged in a working sim with activated 3G. I did and nothing happened. I am assuming this is because I do not have the correct drivers?

How do I check this? It is running windows 7 so I think I need to downgrade to XP since the drivers are for XP (is it ok to use SP3 since the drivers are only updated until SP2?)

How do I know if it actually has this capability? The number is: CF-29HTT40BG it has working touchscreen & a antenna on the top left of the screen to pull out. Above the battery there is a piece of rubber to pull away which reveals the slot for the sim card and 2 plugs.

And help would be greatly appreciated, this is a grey spot on google !

Thank you!

 

according to my info.
Your CF29 mk3 originally came with 1gb ram
An Edge HDSPA WWAN card..
1.4ghz cpu
Touchscreen
60gb HDD
Bluetooth
German keyboard
XP Pro operating system
Originally purchased by DT......Deutsch Telekom?
Special BIOS for DT....


Here is a link for the correct driver packages from Panasonic
http://business.panasonic.com/support-computerstablets-downloads-wirelesscarrier

 

Welcome to the Panasonic Toughbook forum

A CF-29 with 3G capabilities. Not that I know of but others might be able to tell you different. I did find that W7 really slowed down the 29 so when I had mine I went back to XP.

 

Hi Shawn,

thank you for the information!
I am completely new with this, so could you please explain to me what An "Edge HDSPA WWAN card" is? On that link you gave there are also several download links & several tabs. Which one do I need for it to work? I'm very confused

When I downgrade to XP I am assuming I should update to the latest Service Pack (being SP3) and disregard the drivers I found claiming to support up to SP2?

Thank you in advance!

 

Thank you for welcoming me I'm glad a place like this exists to help people like me

 

Well the WWAN card is actually on what we call a sled. The best thing to do now is slide the sled out and get a visual confirmation on what card you have..Someone may have changed it from what was originally there.
remove the two visible screws and it slides right out.

 

WWAN 2 by Brecht posted Aug 25, 2015 at 10:28 PM

WWAN 1 by Brecht posted Aug 25, 2015 at 10:28 PM

I don't see text on it anywhere?

 

You may have to dig a little further than that. See if you can take the tape off and pull the card off the sled

 

The copper is a kind of very thin adhesive metal "tape" should I pull it off?

 

yes..
under that 2" x 3" tin sheild is the actual wwan card.

 

I'm sorry for the late reply but I had to wait for the right screwdriver to arrive to take the shield off after I ordered it online.
Here are the pictures of what I found underneath:

 

Best guess as I do not know much about 3G or WWAN....
That is an Edge HSDPA module. It is NOT a 3G card.
In order to even try 3G you need a newer sled.
Definitely need a sled that has the mini PCIE slot.

Where are you located?

 

Not sure here but I think you will need to upgrade to a CF-30 for 3G . I never need 3G in Canada because of what it cost for a 3G "Plan"

 

I "think" Jeff got a Gobi to work in a CF29mk5..Not sure which Gobi...I could be completely remembering wrong also.

 

I'm located in Belgium so stuff like Edge is completely foreign to me.

 

Well, I talked to my CF29 guru.

Short story is 3G will not work properly on a CF29...
The voltage to the card is too low. I guess the 3G and newer cards use a higher voltage. Therefore even when he installed the Gobi into the CF29, it worked but gave him a low voltage error. Low voltage will cause the card to heat up and eventually fail.

Edge is just a slower data rate compared to 3G.

Member Onirakkiss may be able to offer some assistance..If I recall he is in Germany.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/members/onirakkiss.141837/

 

I fooled for too long yesterday with a 5725 card via W7 on a MK5 CF-29. Maybe a bad card. Sierra Wireless MC5725 Network Adapter help | Page 4 | NotebookReview
W7 reports USB problem.

Jeff